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New Canaan Scores and Standings: Nov. 4
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Clare Detrick-Yee scored with 13 minutes remaining in the first half Thursday as No. 2 Wilton advanced to the FCIAC field hockey finals with a 1-0 win over No. 6 New Canaan.
The goal came after Valentina Tudisco took Wilton's fifth penalty corner of the first half and passed on the stick Detrick-Yee, who beat New Canaan goalkeeper Britt Gardella, who made five saves for the Rams (10-5-1-1).
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Wilton (16-2) will be seeking its first field hockey title in school history on Saturday when the Warriors take on Staples in the final at McMahon at 4 p.m.
In Thursday's first game, Staples stunned Darien 1-0, ending the Blue Wave's 93-game unbeaten streak, which had been the third-longest in high school field hockey history.
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The New Canaan girls volleyball team pulled off a dramatic comeback, rallying from two games down to defeat Greenwich 17-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-22, 16-14 in the quarterfinals of the FCIAC playoffs.
Andrea Mullaney had 21 kills, 10 digs, eight blocks and five service points for the Rams (15-4), who earned semifinal date with top seed Darien on Friday at 7 p.m. at Fairfield Ludlowe.
No. 2 Ridgefield and No. 3 Staples will meet in the opener of the semifinal doubleheader at 5 p.m. at Ludlowe.
The New Canaan football team looks to move one step closer to the FCIAC championship game on Saturday when the 7-0 Rams visit Stamford in a 5 p.m. kickoff.
The contest originally was scheduled for Friday, but was pushed back one day at New Canaan's request.
Matt Milano threw three touchdown passes last week as the Rams fought off a challenge from New Canaan, 28-14.
New Canaan could be on course to meet Staples in the FCIAC championship game Nov. 18 at Trumbull's McDougall Stadium and the Rams can book their reservations with wins over Stamford at Trumbull next week.
The Black Knights enter Saturday's contest with a 4-2 mark after blasting Fairfield Ludowe 45-0 last week.
Stamford is led by the Boderick brothers, Bryan, who is the quarterback, and twin Barry.
The CIAC announcing Thursday it has postponed the start of its state tournaments to allow extra time for conferences to complete their own playoff tournaments.
State tournaments in soccer, field hockey, volleyball and swimming, scheduled to start on Monday, now will be begin Thursday. Pairings will be announced Wednesday.
Volleyball and field hockey state championship games now will take place Nov. 18-19. Girls and boys soccer championship games will be played the following weekend.
This week's playoff games in the Fairfield County Football League involving Fairfield teams (most games were postponed last week):
SATURDAY
At Darien High School
9:30 a.m. -- Bantam third grade -- DJFL Blue vs. New Canaan Red
At Dunning Stadium
5 p.m. -- Bantam fourth grade -- New Canaan Black vs. Fairfield Red
6:30 p.m.-Bantam third grade -- New Canaan Black vs. RYF Black
8 p.m. -- Senior seventh grade -- New Canaan Red vs. Wilton Blue
Sunday
at Tiger Hollow, Ridgefield
12:30 p.m. -- Junior fifth grade -- RYF Orange vs. New Canaan Black
at Wilton High School
3 p.m. -- Junior sixth grade - New Canaan Black vs. Wilton Black
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
Field hockey
Wilton 1, New Canaan 0 FCIAC semifinals
Girls volleyball
New Canaan 3, Greenwich 2 (17-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-22, 16-14), FCIAC quarterfinals
FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE
Girls volleyball
New Canaan vs. Darien, 7 p.m., at Fairfield Ludlowe, FCIAC semifinals
Girls swimming
FCIAC diving finals, 5 p.m., at Westhill
SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE
Football
New Canaan at Stamford, 5 p.m.
Girls swimming
FCIAC finals, 4 p.m., at Greenwich
STANDINGS
- Football
FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
Overall Points F/A Norwalk 6-1 196-106 6-1 196-106 Ridgefield 5-2 188-124 5-2 188-124 McMahon
3-4 200-145 3-4 200-145 Stamford 4-2 204-75 4-2 204-75 Harding 2-5 57-200 2-5 57-200 Fairfield Ludlowe 0-7 44-261 0-7 44-261 East Division FCIAC Record
FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
Overall Points F/A New Canaan 7-0 253-109 7-0 253-109 Darien
6-1 201-136 6-1 201-136 Fairfield Warde
4-3 167-134 4-3 167-134 Wilton 3-4 219-192 3-4 219-192 Trinity Catholic 3-4 138-162 3-4 138-162 St. Joseph 1-6 88-210 1-6 88-210 Bassick 0-7 48-258 0-7 48-258
- Boys soccer
5-7-3 18 St. Joseph 2-11-3 9 Trinity Catholic 1-13-1 4
- Girls soccer
Field hockey
FCIAC Record Points
Staples 7-2-3-1 18 Stamford 8-4-1-0 17 Greenwich 3-5-3-2 11 Westhill 5-7-1-0 11 Ridgefield 0-6-5-2 7 Danbury 3-10-0-0 6 Trumbull 0-12-1-0 1 East Division Darien 13-0-0-0 26 Wilton 11-2-0-0 22 Norwalk 10-2-1-0 21 New Canaan 8-4-1-0 17 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-6-1-1 12 McMahon 4-7-2-0 10 Fairfield Warde 3-6-3-1 10
Girls volleyball
West Division Record Staples 15-2 Greenwich 13-4* Danbury 12-6 Westhill 11-7 Trumbull 8-10 Bridgeport Central 1-16 Central Division Ridgefield 15-2* Stamford 12-6 Fairfield Ludlowe11-7 Brien McMahon 5-12* Norwalk 3-15 Harding 1-17 East Division Darien 18-0 New Canaan
14-4 Fairfield Warde 9-8* Trinity Catholic 7-11 St. Joseph
6-11 Wilton 5-13 Bassick 0-17
